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According to the Korea Herald, Samsung decided to “play it safe” with its next year’s flagship phone and it will adopt the same basic design as in its current Galaxy S8 . The 2018 Galaxy S9 will use a 5.8″ Infinity curved Super AMOLED display (and the S9+ will use a 6.2″ display as used in the S8+). It is likely that even if this report is true, Samsung Display will use an enhanced display. Even though the display used in the GS8 was “the best mobile display ever” according to DisplayMate – there is still room for improvement, for example higher resolution (good for VR), better efficiency or a larger color gamut. Read more about Samsung's 2018 Galaxy S9 will use the same display size as the S8

Analysts from IHS say that as AMOLED displays continue to replace LCD displays and the AMOLED market is growing quickly – the market for fine metal mask (FMM) components will also experience fast growth in coming years. IHS sees the FMM market in 2017 generate $234 in revenues. The market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 38% until 2022 – to reach $1.2 billion. IHS says that FMM production is a challenge and FMM technology has become a bottleneck as display resolution is increasing and the number of FMM suppliers is limited. The leading producer is Dai Nippon Printing , and the company’s FMM masks are using to produce the majority of AMOLED displays. Read more about IHS: the AMOLED FMM market will reach $1.2 billion in sales in 2021

According to a report from Korea, Samsung is developing its next-generation Gear VR headset, which will include a built-in display (unlike current models which require you to insert your Galaxy smartphone into the device). The report claims that Samsung will adopt a new OLED display in this device – which will achieve a pixel density of 2,000 PPI. Such a high pixel density will be great for VR as it will improve the realism and reduce sickness. Read more about Will Samsung's next-gen Gear VR headset include its own 2000 PPI OLED display?

Samsung announces its latest flagship phones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ . Both phones sport what Samsung brands as an Infinity Display – a curved flexible Super AMOLED that is almost without any bezels. Samsung did not release an edition with a non-flexible rigid OLED, but this isn’t really a surprise . The Galaxy S8 has a 5.8″ Quad HD+ (2960×1440, 570PPI) OLED while the S8+ has a larger version (6.2″) but with the same resolution (529 PPI). Both phones feature a 10nm Octa-core 64bit CPU, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, microSD slot, IP68 water and dust resistance, Android 7.0, Samsung Bixby assistant and a Dual-Pixel 12MP OIS camera. Both phones will launch globally on April 21st 2017. Read more about Samsung announces the Galaxy S8 and S8+ with "inifinity" flexible Super AMOLED displays

According to a report in Korea, Samsung Electronics has decided to start adopting OLED displays in all of its tablet devices and to increasingly use OLEDs in laptops. Samsung Display is currently producing OLEDs for tablets and laptops in a limited quantity, as most of its OLED capacity is dedicated to mobile phone displays. According to ETNews SDC will continue to gradually convert its LCD lines to OLED and the ultimate goal of SDC is to only produce OLED displays for mobile devices. Read more about Samsung aims to adopt OLEDs in all its future tablets

Despite the huge Galaxy Note 7 recall , Samsung Electronics announced an excellent quarterly report for Q4 2016. The company’s operating profits were $7.9 billion – 50% higher than Q4 2015, and the company’s highest profits in over three years. The main drivers of Samsung’s earnings were good chip and display sales – combined with a weak Korean Won rate. The Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge (and other mobile phones) enjoyed solid sales as well. Read more about Samsung reports excellent Q4 2016 results, driven by strong chip and display sales

Here's the truth about most premium non-OLED 4K TVs today: they all look pretty good. But it's the small differences between them that makes it tough to choose a new 4K set. As we move into 2017, prepare for those differences to get even more subtle….

A few days ago IHS said that they see the flexible display market reaching 139 million units in 2017 – an increase of 135% compared to 2016. IHS now reveals that in Q3 2016 SDC flexible AMOLED revenue reached over $1 billion for the first time ever. According to IHS, SDC has a market share of 31.8% from the total display market, followed by Japan Display (15.4%) and LGD (13.1%). SDC’s good performance was mostly accredit to its OLED business, and specifically its flexible OLED business. Read more about IHS: SDC's flexible OLED revenues reached $1 billion in Q3 2016

Samsung is working on foldable displays for many years, as the company is looking to release a foldable phone that will be able to merge the phone and tablet markets (or possible a small phone that opens to a smartphone sized display ). The company has recently accelerated its efforts , and such a phone may be released in 2017 . Foldable OLED concept (2013) The main technology development drive is centered on the foldable OLED display itself – which is being developed for many years. According to a new report by ETNews, Samsung has decided to “test the waters” with a foldable phone that uses two different displays. This dual-screen phone will be easier to produce than a phone with a foldable OLED display. Of course the two displays, even if these are very thin-bezel ones, will still not merge to a real single display when the phone is open. Read more about ETNews: Samsung to release a dual-display foldable phone soon

A display supplier based in China just reached out to us with a new clearance sale of Samsung’s 3.26″ 854×480 (300 PPI) AMOLED displays . It appears that there are about 20,000 such displays at very low prices – about a third of the normal asking price for these AMOLEDs. These Samsung’s 3.26″ AMOLED panels are 80.56 x 47.16 in size (active area 72.16 x 40.56 mm) and 0.76 mm thick. The controller is Magnachip’s D53E6EA8805. This is a great deal, and if anyone is looking for these panels, contact us to reach the supplier! Read more about Clearance sale of Samsung's 3.26" 854×480 AMOLED displays